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In the effort to try as many budget keyboards as possible, we’re taking a look at one of the smaller keyboards on the market for the budget sector this week, MageGee’s Mini 60% keyboard. This keyboard is “mechanical feeling” and promises all the bells and whistles of a mechanical keyboard at a fraction of the price. However, does the keyboard actually hold up when being used?

MageGee Mini 60% Gaming Keyboard: At a Glance

Keyboard	MageGee Mini 60% Gaming Keyboard
Price	$17.79
Tier	Budget
Switches	N/A
Keycap Profile	OEM
Keycap Material	Plastic (Unknown)
Interface	USB (wired)
Layout	US ANSI 60%
Keyboard Type	Membrane
Hot-Swappable?	N/A

My Experience with the MageGee Mini 60% Gaming Keyboard

Price

Excellent price for what it is. The price here feels more than fair and the keyboard seems to be of good quality when price is taken into account.

Construction

The keyboard features a very sturdy plastic frame and thick plastic keys that feel very good under the fingers. It’s unclear what kind of plastic was used to construct the keyboard but it feels very weighty in the hand and satisfying.

Keycaps

Keycaps are OEM, nothing special here.

Keyboard Mechanics

This is a plunger membrane keyboard so you won’t be able to change anything about the mechanics and keycaps must have the vertical plunger to be comaptible as there are no cross-stem switches to fix keycaps to.

Problems I Had with the MageGee Mini 60% Gaming Keyboard

First off, I hate plunger keyboards. I just never have had a good experience with them. That being said, for a membrane keyboard it feels very good under the fingers when pressing the keys. They don’t feel extra weighty or like they have an unreasonable travel distance. They are heavier than any of my mechanical keyboards, but that’s to be expected.

Secondly, 60% is too small of a keyboard for me. This was my first time trying a 60% and I actually had a good time with the 65% keyboard from GEODMAER but as a person with vision problems that sometimes uses a screen reader, I really need those arrow keys, man. No hate here. There’s nothing wrong with a 60% keyboard. It’s just not for me!